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J. R. WHERRY & W. B. TUBMAN.

FARE BOX .FOR STREET CARS.

Patented Mar. 16

N. PETERS. PholwL'flhngnpbar. Washin um. D c.

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J. R. WHERRY '85 W. B. TUBMAN. FARE BOX FQR STREET CARS.

No. 359,482. Patented Mar. 15,1887.

N. PEIERS. Mu m her. Wah ngion. 0.6.

BEST AVAILABLE COP UNITED STATES JOHN RXVHERRY, OF LITTLE ROCK,

PATENT OFF CE.

AND WILLIAM B. TUBMAN; or WAL- 'LXTTLE 1100K; ARKANSAS.

FARE-BOX FOR-sTR sAET-OAR J EPECIPICATION forming part Of Letters PateHind. 359,482, dated Mia-$011 15, 1887.

Applicntionfiled February B,'1 88 6. No. 191.027, (No model.)

. To (ZZZ Zohom it meg c ncern/:-

Be it-known that we, JOHN R1 \VHHRRY, of

Little Rock, in Pulaski county, and WILLIAM 4 B. TUBMAN, of Waldron,Scott county, in the 5 State of Arkansas, have inventeda certain new anduseful Improvement; i n Fare-Boxes for Street Gars, of which thefollowing is a full, ma and exactdescriptioni reference being i hadtot-he accompanying drawings, forming to part of this spcciiication,-andin which- Figure 1 is aninside elevation of the box;

views of the ratchetwheel and mechanism by 2 0 which the fare-wheel isturned, showing the same in" two positions.

The body or case of the box maybe made of wood, met-al, or any suitablematerial. It is placed inan aperture in the front-wall of the car, (asusualJso as to he in sight at the passengers and the driver. r .Theupper portion'of the box has an inside wall, A, and an outside wall,.13.The sides of the box are marked C its top'D, and,b0ttom E. At the top ofthe wallA is an opening (marked F) for thereception of fare. Thisopeningis closed by a hanging door, G, supported onhinges g. Below-the edgeofthe door is a horizontal partitiomH. having a passage,j-h', for thefare to drop throughinto one of the pe-v. ripheral pockets of the WhiBIQ-I". Ehdwheel is fast upon a shaft, J, turnin'gig1 bearin'g ii xed'ito the walls A and B. This whel hastwenty (more or less) peripheralpockets, 1', formed. by .1

0 the partitions i, projecting radially from-the hollowxcylindrioal hubor body. The wheel is surrounded by a cylindrical ease, L, of an insidediameter slightly greater'than the outside diameter ofthe wheel I, sothat the end of the 4 5 partitionsnearlytouohthe easel, The passage hextends through the top oftho case Land in the bottom of the Case is anopening, Z, through which the fare drops; onto. a tilting-shelf, -M,when thepoqket i, in which it has been -,r

. v.elosed by glass" '80 that noacces's, can .be had 2. Figs. 5 and 6are rear y ert-ical sections of ceived, comes to the bottom, (and inoonjnne- 50 tion with the opening I.)

At Rare curved openings made in thewalls A and Bin line with'the'pook'etsi, so that the contents of the pockets inay be seen ,by bothpassengers and driv'er. These. openings are to'the pockets j. "The fareturns the distance ;of one .pocket.eaehtirne theihan'ging-door ispushedji'nward, and thus the fare which drops into thepoeketi; which maythenbe at top of -the whee'h'is by the outward movement of the .doorsealed upbythemovement of the poeket away from the-passage h. Thusthewhe'el I- mo'ves forward with each inward movement of thehangingdoor'G, the fare being in sight-,' and wit descends it is turnedover sothat both sides are exp .The edges of the bucketsor wings i arein close proximity to the'caseL and the glass panes N, so that no farecan pass from-one pocket to another. To -make the contaetclose between;the buckets and the case Land-panes N, .we attach to each bucketapiece," O, of '-leather or otherfiexible materiahwhdse edge wipes thecase andgi'as's'Q By this'menns-the i nterior'ofthe glass'is kept 7elean;-"

e P is an arxn on the hanging door G, to which: i

spring.

o S a curred armezitending froni the'bar :fitted to; engagethje.ratehet-teeth in. of a t hgt heel mfest up'onythe shaft of the farewheelI.- flhe ratohet feeth are shown as equaling in number the pockets 2*,so that 5 when'zthe ratehet-wheel is'moved' the distance of one tooththefare-wheeln oves the distanee of one pfwke' t an t isdeneuith ea hdescent andhaving-hinged to .it .a pawl, T, whichuis oi the bar-Q, Atthe cadet the curved arm is a tooth,--s,- which engages as the arm is.

raised between two ht" a circular series of pins or studs, X, in theside of the ratchet-wlmel.

By this means the tare-wheel may be brought- 1c is in its lowerposition. bears against the front side of one ot'the buckets i, andprevents the forward rotation of the wheel when the rod Q is down.

'1" is a hinged dog, which drops into each one of the buckeis i astheyare brought. sneeessively to it. its point; is first raised hythepartition i, which forms the frontwnll of the approaching hucket asitpasses beneathit",-

and is then allowed to fall down behind said partition into the. bfi kgfl b forming the fares into the locked drawer or hopper-W:

out-ward, when the opening W is hron'ght in.

conjunction with the opening X in the box-- stop. toprevcutany rearwardrotation of the wheel, and also its spontaneous rotation in a forwarddirection. t

' 25 to the mtehet-teeth w. "tlietiiting shelt'ltl is supported onhingt's, and one of the pintle' "pins carries an arm or handle, M, whichis within reach olf the driven-so that by drawing it forward 110K321"tilt the shelf and discharge The handle 31' works in a slot, 1), made inthe case. It has a too, :11, that b ars against aspring, in, and whichrestores the. shelf and lever to their normal position after the handlehas been drawn outward to tilt thel shelt} This drawer is formed like ahopper, with its bottom \i" inclining on every'side toacentral opening,whirh is closed'hyt-he bottom of the ease, exuspt when the drawer isdrawn bottom, and the contents of the drawcrarc discharged throughtheholes and X,

1' is a. pane of glass voveringthatpart-0t the top of the drawer whichis exposed when il-is drawn out, into discharging position, so that theinterior ot the drawer cannot. he reached from ahove, even when it; isdrawn out into diseinirging position, the outward movement ot' thedram-r-ln-ing limited by a slot and pin, y y'.

1t wili he soon that the wheel 1 altogether closes all access of aninstrument to the nioneydram-r through the passage It for theabstraction of are from the drawer.

\Veclaim- 1'. In a tare-box, the combination, with the front: and rearwalls, of a titre-receiving wheel having the' series of radialpartitions i-f'prtr 6o ject-iug therefrom parallel with t-heaxis ot' thewheel, and the cirenlzn-pmtrs set iutlursaid front and rear wallsopposite the pockets i, J

formed by the wheel I and partitions i, substantiallyas sett'ort-h.

2. In a fare-box, the combination, with the front and rear walls, A It,having the circular panes Nand-the cylindrical easel-1, ot' the fare-BEST AVAILABLE co wheel I, journaled concentrically with saidtitr'ea'eceiviug wheel and a series of ratchetteeth secured thereto, ofa weight-bar having a pawl adapted to engage said teeth, a door closingthe fare-receiving opening of the box, and connections between said doorand weightbar, whet-j the latter is lifted each time a deposit is made,substantially as set forth. 5. 'lhecouibinationot' wheel I,havingpoekctsfor. the reception of fares, aratchet-wheel connected to the fare-wheel,a hanging door elosin" the orifice for-the entrance otthe fare, .a rod,Q,suspende d on an arm of said door-to kecpit:clos ed, :u1d a pawl upoiithe rod act} ing onthe rateliet-wlniel, substantially as and't'orthepurposeset'thrth:

' 6. Itra fitre-'liox,' thecolnbination, with the {farca'eceiving*wheel' I i, having a ratchet-- wheel, U, of'the weight-rod Q, havingthe arm S and the pawl '1 for engagingsaid teeth, and the door 0,-having (HI ection with said weight-rod Q, snbstantialty as and for thepnrpose set t'orth. i

'7. In a fare-box, the heiuhihation, with the casing having anopeninkfxfiiu the bottom thereof, of the drawer XV, hariug an openiug,\V,'adaptcd to be brought into coincideuce with the openiug 'X,a stopfor prevent ing the removal of the drawer, and the pane Yjsecttred.toaud projecting inward from the upper front. edge of the drawer,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

.5. in a fare-box, the combination, with the t'area-eeeiving wheel, adoor closing the orifice for the ltCOlttlOtt'Of the litres, andconnections bet ween said wheel and door, of a gmvitating successivepocketsot' the tzn-e-rt-reiving wheel for preventing its spontaneousmotion, substantially as set forth.-

9. In a tare-box, the combination, with the lasing and thefare-receiving whcel'having the ratchet-wheel U and pins 3'', of thedoor G, closing the receivingoritiee, the weightrod Q, connected withsaid door and having the arm S, the pawl '1, and the teeth adapted toengage between said pins, substantially as set:- torth.

W. J. JM'Nt-Is. -t

Witnesses to signature of 'lnrman:

M. M. lit-5A Hans,

.L-ut ns lI. Sat rrn.

stop pivoted to the casing amt cngagitn Uh:

cylindrical case and having, the radial. parti-

